1 Samuels 21
1 David kom til presten Ahimelek i Nob. Ahimelek vart forstøkt då han fekk sjå David, og spurde: «Kvifor kjem du eismall og hev inkje folk med deg?»
Then David came to Nob, to Ahimelech the priest. And when Ahimelech met David, he trembled and asked him, “Why are you alone? Why is no one with you?”
2 David svara presten Ahimelek: «Kongen hev gjeve meg ei ærend, og han sagde med meg: «Ingen må vita noko um ærendi eg sender deg i og legg på deg.» Og sveinarne mine hev eg varsla å møta meg der dei veit.
“The king has given me a mission,” David replied. “He told me no one is to know about the mission or charge. And I have directed my young men to meet me at a certain place.
3 Gjev meg no det du hev for handi, fem brød, eller kva som finst!»
Now then, what do you have on hand? Give me five loaves of bread, or whatever can be found.”
4 Presten svara David: «Uvigt brød hev eg ikkje for handi; einast heilagt brød er her; berre sveinarne dine hev halde seg burte frå kvinnor.»
“There is no common bread on hand,” the priest replied, “but there is some consecrated bread—provided that the young men have kept themselves from women.”
5 David svara presten: «Ver trygg! kvinnor hev vore langt burte frå oss alt sidan fyrre dagen. Då eg drog av stad, hadde sveinarne mine helgar-likamar. Um ferdi vår er kvardagsleg, so er ho då helga ved likamen i dag.»
David answered, “Women have indeed been kept from us, as is usual when I set out. And the equipment of the young men is holy, as it is even on common missions, and all the more at this time.”
6 So gav presten honom heilagt brød; det fanst ikkje anna brød enn skodebrødi som hadde lege framfor Herren, og som no var burttekne att, då nytt brød var framlagt same dagen det gamle vart burtteke.
So the priest gave him the consecrated bread, since there was no bread there but the Bread of the Presence, which had been removed from before the LORD and replaced with hot bread on the day it was taken away.
7 Den dagen var det ein av Sauls tenarar der, som heldt seg inne framfor Herren, ein edomit, heitte Doeg, som var Sauls yverhyrding.
Now one of Saul’s servants was there that day, detained before the LORD. And his name was Doeg the Edomite, the chief shepherd for Saul.
8 David spurde Ahimelek: «Hev du ikkje noko spjot eller sverd her hjå deg? Korkje sverdet mitt eller dei hine våpni tok eg med meg, då kongsærendi kom so brått på.»
Then David asked Ahimelech, “Is there not a spear or sword on hand here? For I have brought neither my sword nor my weapons with me, because the king’s business was urgent.”
9 Presten svara: «Jau, det sverdet som filistaren Goliat åtte, han som du felte i Eikedalen; det ligg sveipt i ei kappa attum messehakelen. Vil du hava det, so tak det! Noko anna hev eg ikkje.» «Det finst ikkje maken til det, » sagde David; «gjev meg det!»
The priest replied, “The sword of Goliath the Philistine, whom you killed in the Valley of Elah, is here; it is wrapped in a cloth behind the ephod. If you want, you may take it. For there is no other but this one.” And David said, “There is none like it; give it to me.”
10 David drog av og rømde same dagen for Saul, og kom til Akis, kongen i Gat.
That day David fled from Saul and went to Achish king of Gath.
11 Tenarane åt Akis sagde: «Er ikkje dette David, kongen i landet? Er det ikkje til æra for honom dei syng so når dei dansar: Tusund tynte Saul, David tie tusund?»
But the servants of Achish said to him, “Is this not David, the king of the land? Did they not sing about him in their dances, saying: ‘Saul has slain his thousands, and David his tens of thousands’?”
12 David lagde desse ordi på minne, og vart mykje rædd for Akis, kongen i Gat.
Now David took these words to heart and was very much afraid of Achish the king of Gath.
13 Difor lest han som han var galen, og tedde seg som ein dåre, då dei vilde taka fat på honom; han rita på dørarne i porten, og let siklet renna i skjegget.
So he changed his behavior before them and feigned madness in their hands; he scratched on the doors of the gate and let his saliva run down his beard.
14 Då sagde Akis med tenarane sine: «De ser då mannen hev mist vitet! Kvi fører de honom til meg?
Then Achish said to his servants, “Look, you can see that the man is insane! Why have you brought him to me?
15 Vantar det meg på vitløysor, sidan de førar denne mannen hit, so han skal te seg galen framfor meg? Kva hev han å gjera her i huset?»
Am I in need of madmen, that you have brought this man to rave in my presence? Must this man come into my house?”
